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From: rich@aoa.UUCP (Rich Snow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell,comp.sys.mac.comm,comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: mac applications file server
Keywords: mac applications file server liscence
Message-ID: <1525@aoa.UUCP>
Date: 2 May 91 15:54:41 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Adaptive Optics Associates, Cambridge  Mass.
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Well, now we're trying to cut down on software pirating so I
need to know if I can use an file server to supply applications
to my Mac users, and thus control software liscencing.

I want to be able to check out applications from
a common file server to Macintosh users. This is not such a
big deal to  PC Netware users of Wordperfect I understand. But
what about MS Word/Excel on the Mac? I can set up an AFS 
fileserver (Novell advanced netware 2.2). But is there a way
to trick the system so that it will allow users to check out
only as many copies of Word/Excel as I buy liscences? Or, does
everyone know about MY blind spot?

A more basic question... 
Is application sharing a reasonable thing to do on Appletalk?
I have about 70 users split into two zones over 7 Shiva bridges.
Are the appletalk users going to get fast enough performance
openning Applications which live on the LAN server? On the one
hand this could be a really good excuse to go ethernet :-) but
up to now we haven't really needed to ethernet all the Macs.
The LAN server would be on Ethertalk bridged to each Zone by a
Fastpath.

any help appreciated!

-Rich
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